Cannot reference custom sniff via name

[datadestroyd]

I am trying to create a custom standard including a few custom sniffs. I have the following directory structure:

ruleset.xml
Sniffs
    Category
        BarSniff.php

In ruleset.xml I set namespace="MyStandard" and the namespace in BarSniff.php is MyStandard\Sniffs\Category.

In the project to be linted I reference the custom standard in phpcs.xml with <rule ref="../path/to/standard"/>. This works like a charm. However, I don't seem to be able to reference the custom sniffs from phpcs.xml in any way. For instance, if I wanted to exclude BarSniff, I would add <exclude name="MyStandard.Category.Bar"/>, but phpcs complains that the sniff does not exist, even though it is executed when run without the exclude tag. It is also listed under this name if I run phpcs -e. What am I doing wrong?

[jrfnl]

@datadestroyd While you are providing a lot of useful info, I'm still missing the essential info to debug this.

• What is the directory in which you have your ruleset.xml file called ?
• Can you share the essential parts of your custom phpcs.xml file ?
• Do you use Composer to install the standard and if so, does your composer.json file contain and autoload directive ? (which could be problematic)

[datadestroyd]

What is the directory in which you have your ruleset.xml file called ?

That was it!! I didn't know that the directory name determined the standard's name. It though it was based on the namespace. Duh. Thanks a bunch!

[jrfnl]

@datadestroyd Glad it helped and you got things working!